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COMPLETE
WEEKLY
CURRENT
AFFAIRS
21st - 27th June 2021
For Bank, SSC, Railway, Insurance & Other Govt. Exams
Weekly Current Affairs 21st – 27th June 2021 Free e-book
Weekly Current Affairs 2021
Banking & Finance 5. Paisabazaar, SBM bank announced
to launch Step Up credit card
1. RBI allows Centrum to take over
PMC, re-launch it as a small finance
bank in joint venture with BharatPe
Centrum hopes to complete the license
terms and conditions within the next
120 days.
2. ICICI Bank Announces
Collaboration With SWIFT to Offer
Instant Facility For Cross-Border
Inward Remittances It is the first product to be launched
under Paisabazaar's neo-lending
ICICI claims this makes it the first bank strategy.
in Asia-Pacific and second globally to
offer the facility, called SWIFT GPI with 6. India second only to Turkey in share
real-time domestic payments. of Central bank surplus transfers
3. SBI General Insurance enters into RBI recently transferred a ' 99,122-
bancassurance tie-up with IDFC First crore surplus to the government - 73%
Bank higher than the Rs 57,128 crore paid
out in 2019-20. RBI transferred 0.44%
Under this, SBI General Insurance will of GDP to the government in FY21. RBI
offer insurance products such as reported India as the 5th largest
personal accident, home, motor, and reserve holding country in the world.
travel along with the commercial line of
insurance products such as property, 7. Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL)
marine, and engineering insurance to launches 'Pay Your Contact' - an
the bank's customers innovative feature on KMBL's mobile
banking
4. RBI Announces Separate liquidity
window Of Rs 15000 Crore For The 'Pay Your Contact' service is
Certain Contact Intensive Sectors available on the lender's mobile
banking app and uses the Unified
Under this, banks are expected to Payments Interface (UPI) platform.
create a separate COVID-19 loan book.
By way of an incentive, such banks will 8. SBI launches Aarogyam healthcare
be eligible to park their surplus liquidity business loan to bolster India's health
up to the size of the COVID-19 loan infrastructure
book created.
Under this new product, the entire
healthcare ecosystem such as hospitals,
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nursing homes, diagnostic centres, accountant, MBA (finance) or have a
pathology labs, manufacturers, diploma in banking or cooperative
suppliers, importers, logistic firms business management.
engaged in critical healthcare supply
can avail of loan. 12. RBI issues norms for dividend
distribution by NBFCs
9. SBI Card partners Fabindia to launch
co-branded credit card RBI has mandated that net NPA ratio of
the NBFC concerned should be less
than 6% in each of the last three years
for declaring dividend.
Similarly, RBI has prescribed applicable
regulatory capital requirement in
different types of NBFCs. For example,
a deposit taking NBFCs will need to
The card is designed with curated have a minimum capital adequacy ratio
benefits and privileges to offer a of 15%.
rewarding shopping experience to its
premium customers. The card comes in 13. AIFs can invest in securities of
two variants - Fabindia SBI Card investee companies, units of other
SELECT and Fabindia SBI Card. AIFs: SEBI
10. Market regulator SEBI This is subject to appropriate
reconstitutes Takeover Panel disclosures in the private placement
memorandum (PPM) and with the
The regulator has appointed N consent of at least two-thirds of unit
Venkatram MD and CEO, Deloitte India holders by value of their investment.
as the new member of the Takeover
Panel. Panel is chaired by N K Sodhi and Economy
the first panel was constituted in
November 2007. 1. Govt eases listing norms for
companies having over '1 lakh cr m-
11. RBI prescribes qualifications for cap
managing directors (MDs) and whole-
time directors (WTDs) of urban Such entities have to increase their
cooperative banks(UCBs) public shareholding to 10% in 2 years
and raise the same to at least 25%
Some rules: within 5 years. Dept of Economic
Affairs under the finance ministry
MPs, MLAs and representatives of amended the Securities Contracts
municipal corporations will not be Rules.
eligible to hold such positions in the
primary UCBs. 2. Moody's cuts India growth forecast
for 2021 to 9.6% from 13.9% earlier
They should be a post graduate or have
qualifications in finance discipline- In its report titled 'Macroeconomics
could be either chartered/cost India: Economic shocks from second
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COVID wave will not be as severe as been incorporated to develop the
last year's', Moody's said high- airport in Jewar, which is around 70 km
frequency economic indicators show from the main Delhi region.
that the second wave hit India's
economy in April & May. Indian International
economy contracted by 7.3% in fiscal
2020-21 as the country battled the first 1. Japan to start issuing vaccine
wave. passports in July
3. S&P Global Ratings cuts India's FY
2021-22 growth forecast to 9.5 per
cent
The agency lowered the growth outlook
saying that a severe second COVID-19
outbreak in April and May led to
lockdowns imposed by states and sharp
contraction in economic activity.
The government is asking other
4. Indian economy may grow 8.4-
countries to exempt travellers carrying
10.1% in current financial year:
the documents that officially certify
NCAER
their vaccination status from
quarantine or to shorten the quarantine
Releasing its quarterly review of the
period.
economy, the National Council of
Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
2. Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran presidential
has pitched for strong fiscal support to
race
push economic growth.
Raisi, who has been the Chief Justice
National since 2019, has formerly held several
other posts in the country's judicial
1. ECI Comes Out With Atlas On 2019 branch following the 1979 Islamic
Polls, With A Host Of Data And Revolution. Capital: Tehran; Currency:
Themes Iranian rial; Official language: Persian
It includes 42 thematic maps and 90 3. In A First, Iran's Sole Nuclear Power
tables depicting various facets of the Plant Undergoes Emergency
elections. The e-Atlas is available at Shutdown
https://eci.gov.in/ebooks/eci-
atlas/index.html. This is the first time Iran has reported
an emergency shutdown of the plant in
2. Yamuna International Airport Pvt. the southern port city of Bushehr. It
Ltd (YIAPL) secures '3,725 crore loan went online in 2011 with help from
from SBI for development of airport in Russia. Iran is required to send spent
Jewar,UP fuel rods from the reactor back to
Russia as a nuclear nonproliferation
YIAPL is a 100 percent subsidiary of measure.
Zurich Airport International and has
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4. Google-built Firmina subsea cable 8. World health, IP, trade bodies
runs from the US to Argentina launch platform to tackle COVID-19
pandemic
The platform will provide "a one-stop
shop that will make available the full
range of expertise on access in a
coordinated way.
Sports
1. Max Verstappen wins 2021 French
Grand Prix
Firmina will be the longest cable in the
world, capable of running entirely from Red Bull took their third consecutive
a single power source at one end of the win of the season at a cracking French
cable if its other becomes unavailable. Grand Prix courtesy of Max
Verstappen, who passed Lewis
5. Nikol Pashinyan elected as Armenia Hamilton with two laps to go to claim
Prime Minister the thirteenth victory of his career,
Hamilton finishing second as the
Nikol's Civil Contract party won second Red Bull of Sergio Perez
53.92% of the votes cast. Kocharyan completed the podium.
was Armenia's president from 1998 to
2008 2. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs
world's fastest 100 m since Florence
6. G7 nations reach historic tax deal, to Griffith Joyner
back global corporation tax of at least
15% Two-time Olympic 100 m champion
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the
The Group of Seven said it would back a world's fastest women's 100 m in
minimum global corporation tax rate of nearly 33 years and re-established
at least 15%, and put in place measures herself as the favorite for a third gold in
to ensure taxes were paid in the Tokyo.Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican who
countries where businesses operate. won the 2019 World title coming back
G7 was founded in 1975. from childbirth, clocked 10.63 seconds
at a meet in Kingston.
7. Microsoft hits $2 trillion market cap
for first time 3. Australian swimmer Kaylee
McKeown breaks 100-meter
Apple became the first publicly traded backstroke world record
U.S. company to reach the $2 trillion
mark in August. Amazon, valued at Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown
$1.77 trillion, is also approaching the $2 breaks the 100-meter backstroke
trillion club. world record at the South Australian
Aquatic Centre with a time of 57.45
seconds from the previous mark of
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57.57 seconds set by American Regan
Smith in 2019.
4. Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat wins
gold at Poland Open
It is the third title of the season for the
26-year-old Vinesh, who claimed gold
medals at the Matteo Pellicone event
(March) and Asian Championship The three verticals of the MoU are
(April) earlier. aimed at strengthening the core
competencies of the NSG which are
5. Tokyo Olympics 2020: India's counter-terrorism, counter-IED, and
Olympic theme song 'Lakshya Tera anti-hijacking Rashtriya Raksha
Samne Hai' launched University(RRU)- Lavad, Gandhinagar
(Gujarat).
Mohit Chauhan has composed and sung
the song titled "Lakshya Tera Samne Schemes
Hai".
1. NSDC And WhatsApp Launch
6. Cristiano Ronaldo becomes joint "Digital Skill Champions Program" To
top-scorer in men's international Fuel Skill Development &
football Entrepreneurship Opportunities For
Youth
Ronaldo scored two goals from the spot
against France and as a result, he now Through this program, school and
has 109 goals from 176 matches for university students would be coached
Portugal. The striker is currently tied to imbibe digital and online skills that
with Iran's legend Ali Daei, who also would culminate with WhatsApp &
scored 109 goals from 149 matches. NSDC award.
7. Olympics 2024:Union Sports
Minister Rijiju launches athlete injury Appointments &
management system Resignations
It will start with support for athletes 1. Arunachal's Tadang Minu becomes
who are a part of the Target Olympic first Indian woman to be appointed as
Podium Scheme development group AIBA's coaches' committee member
expected to participate in 2024 and
beyond. She is the first woman in the country
and the second Indian to be appointed
Agreements & MoUs as a member of AIBA. She is also the
president of the Arunachal Amateur
1. RRU Signs MoU With The Black Cat Boxing Association (AABA).
Commandos, NSG to create indigenous
anti-drone systems and other 2. Senior psychiatrist Pratima Murthy
advancements appointed as director of NIMHANS for
five years
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Nanavati, who is currently a vice-
president of Indian Olympic
Association and executive director of
Swimming Federation of India (SFI), is
the first Indian to be elected as a
Bureau member of the FINA.
Awards
Dr Murthy was awarded the WHO 1. National Thermal Power
Regional Director's Special Recognition Corporation Limited (NTPC) wins
Award on 'World No Tobacco Day recognition of India's best employers,
2021'. among top 50 Great Place to Work
3. British lawyer Karim Khan sworn in It has been ranked at 38th. It also won
as ICC's chief prosecutor its first-ever recognition of India's Best
Employers among Nation-Builders
He has defended clients at 2021.
international courts including former
Liberian President Charles Taylor & 2. Photographer Thomas Vijayan
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto receives the 'Nature TTL
2 working languages for ICC: English & Photographer of the Year 2021"
French.
He received the 'Nature TTL
4. Senior bureaucrats Renuka Kumar Photographer of the Year 2021' title for
and Sanjay Kumar Singh have been his portrait of an orangutan climbing a
appointed as secretaries for Minority tree upside down.
Affairs & DARPG
3. Cochin Airport Wins International
Cabinet has also approved the Roll of Excellence Honour
appointment Manoj Kumar Parida as
National Authority Chemical Weapons The ACI, a global body of airport
Convention Chairman operators established the Roll of
Excellence recognition to those airports
5. Olympic Medallist Karnam which, in the opinion of the passengers,
Malleswari Appointed First Vice have consistently delivered excellent
Chancellor Of Delhi Sports University services in the survey.
Malleswari is the first Indian woman 4. India Smart Cities Awards 2020: UP
weightlifter to bring home an Olympic best smart state, Surat, Indore best
medal. She created history at the cities
Sydney Olympics in 2000 by lifting 110
kilograms and 130 kilograms in the Among cities, Indore and Surat were
'snatch' and 'clean and jerk' categories. adjudged joint winners, and Chandigarh
was ranked first among Union
6. Virendra Nanavati elected as FINA territories.
Bureau member for the term of 2021-
25.
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5. French non-fiction author 4. Ashgabat world's most expensive
Emmanuel Carrere wins top Spanish city for foreign workers, Mumbai
award drops 18 places: Mercer Cost of Living
Survey
The 50000-euro award is one of the 8
prestigious prizes by the foundation
named after the heir to the Spanish
throne, Princess Leonor. The 8 prizes
cover different disciplines-arts,social
sciences,sports etc
Ranks & Reports
1. India receives $64 billion FDI in
2020, 5th largest recipient of inflows
in world: UN Mumbai remains India's most
expensive city at 78th rank but has
The report said in India, FDI increased dropped 18 places in this year's
27 % to USD 64 billion in 2020 from ranking.Other Indian cities on the list
USD 51 billion in 2019, pushed up by are New Delhi (117), Chennai (158),
acquisitions in the information & Bengaluru (170), and Kolkata (181).
communication technology (ICT)
industry, making the country the 5th 5. Indian Hotels' iconic Taj named the
largest. strongest hotel brand in the world
2. India's bank credit-to-GDP ratio Taj received an overall Brand Strength
grows 56% in 2020: Report of Bank for Index of 89.3 out of 100,with a
International Settlements (BIS) corresponding AAA rating for customer
familiarity, employee satisfaction and
Total outstanding bank credit stood at corporate reputation as well as its
$1.52 trillion in the country in 2020. world-class customer service
bank credit growth is a key indicator of
economic growth & credit-GDP ratio of 6. India EV sales to grow at 26 per cent
100% ideal by FY23: Fitch
3. 275 million people used drugs The report however said the economic
worldwide in 2020:World Drug Report impact of Covid-19 pandemic and
released by the U.N. Office on Drugs limited domestically produced EVs will
and Crime prove a challenging barrier to
overcome. It said EV sales in Asia will
Report also said many countries saw a expand by 78.1% in 2021.
rise in the use of cannabis during the
coronavirus pandemic. In surveys of 7. Union Environment Minister
health professionals across 77 Prakash Javadekar launches LiDAR
countries, 42% said cannabis use had survey reports to augment water in
increased. forest areas
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at the UN General Assembly. This year,
the theme for the event is "Yoga for
well-being"
2. International Olympic Day - June 23
The International Olympic Committee
(IOC) was found in 1894 by Baron
Pierre de Coubertin and the first
modern Olympic Games were held in
Athens in 1896.
The LiDAR (light detection and ranging)
technology was used to create 3-D 3. United Nations Public Service Day -
images of the project areas to June 23
recommend soil and water
conservation structures. WAPCOS, a The theme this year is 'Innovating the
PSU under the Jal Shakti Ministry, is Future Public Service: New
implementing the project in 26 states Government Models for a New Era to
Reach the SDGs [Sustainable
8. India ranked 31 out of 46 countries Development Goals]'.
on level of trust in news:Reuters
Institute Digital News Report, 2021 4. International Widows Day - June 23
This is the first time India features in The first International Widows Day
the main report. It shows India is one of took place in 2005. It was formally
the strongest mobile-focused markets, adopted as International Widows Day
with 73% of the respondents using by the UN in 2010, the 6th edition.
smartphones to access news. Asian
College of Journalism (ACJ) in Chennai 5. International Day of the Seafarer: on
collaborated with the Reuters June 25
9. Bengaluru among top five office Since 2011, the IMO celebrates the
centres in Asia Pacific for tech firms to day.This day to spread awareness about
set up operations: Colliers Report the work and lives of seafarers. The
theme of 2021 is 'Seafarers: at the core
Among upcoming Indian submarkets of shipping's future.
were Noida Expressway and Golf
Course Extension Road (Gurguram) in 6. International Day Against Drug
Delhi NCR etc. Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | 26 June
Important Days 'Share Drug Facts to Save Lives' is the
theme this year
1. International Yoga Day - June 21
7. International Day in Support of
The idea of International Yoga Day was Victims of Torture | 26 June
conceived by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, who proposed the concept on The date 26 June was selected because
September 27, 2014, during his speech on this day in 1987,convention against
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torture and other cruel, inhuman,or 4. Union Minister Narendra Singh
degrading treatment or punishment Tomar addressed the CII Northern
was made effective. Region Food Processing Summit 2021
8. Micro, Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises Day | June 27
According to UN,as many as 90% of
businesses are generated from MSMEs
and these businesses provide 60 to 70
per cent of employment.MSME
contribution to GDP is 50% worldwide.
Summit & Conferences
Union Minister for Agriculture &
1. PM Narendra Modi delivered the Farmers Welfare, Food Processing
keynote address at 5th edition of Industries, Rural Development and
VivaTech Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh
Tomar addressed the 3rd edition of the
Participants:- French President Northern Zone Food Processing
Emmanuel Macron, Spanish PM Pedro Summit organized by the
Snchez and Ministers/MPs from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
various European countries, Apple CEO
Tim Cook etc. Science & Technology
2. India to host 9th Asian Ministerial 1. Bharti Airtel and Tata Group team
Energy Roundtable next year up for 'Made in India' 5G network
solutions
India agreed to host the 9th roundtable
after a virtual meeting between IEF Airtel will pilot and deploy the
Secretary-General Joseph McMonigle technology as a part of its 5G roll-out
and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. plans in India.
3. India joins East Asia Summit(EAS) The pilot services will begin in January
Senior Officials' Meeting 2022. Tata Group has developed the O-
RAN technology indigenously.
Secretary at Indian Ministry of External
Affairs Riva Ganguly Das attended EAS 2. Jio and Google Cloud to Collaborate
Senior Officials' Meeting (EAS SOM) on on 5G Technology to Enable a Billion
24 June. The virtual Meeting was Indians Access Superior Connectivity
chaired by Permanent Secretary of
Brunei Darussalam H.E., Emaleen Abdul In addition, Reliance will also take
Rahman Teo & saw participation of advantage of Google Cloud's scalable
Senior Officials from 18 EAS countries. infrastructure thereby enabling its
retail business.
EAS is a unique Leaders-led forum of 18
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exercise in Gulf of Aden as it is already
deployed in the region on anti-piracy
operations. The other countries
participating in the exercise are: Italy,
Spain and France.
2. DRDO successfully test fires
enhanced Pinaka Rocket at Integrated
Test Range in Chandipur,Odisha
The kit costs just Rs 50, and is 100%
indigenously developed and The rocket system has been developed
manufactured. The Antigen testing kit jointly by Pune based Armament
has been developed by IIT-D's Centre Research and Development
for Biomedical Engineering (CBME) led Establishment and High Energy
by Professor Harpal Singh. Materials Research Laboratory.
4. IIT-Hyderabad researchers develop 3. Nuclear capable subsonic cruise
oral solution for Black Fungus missile 'Nirbhay' successfully test-
fired from ITR, Chandipur
The premier institute has offered to
transfer technology to interested drug The guidance, control and navigation
manufacturers for mass production. system of the missile is configured
The 60 mg AmB tablet will be around the indigenously designed Ring
affordable at '200. Laser Gyroscope & MEMS-based
Inertial Navigation System along with
5. Assam gets the world's first GPS.
Genetically Modified(GM) rubber
sapling 4. Rajnath Singh Reviews Project
Seabird Work and construction
The plant has additional copies of gene progress of India's first Indigenous
MnSOD (manganese-containing Aircraft Carrier(IAC) in Kochi.
superoxide dismutase) in it and is
expected to revolutionize natural He also reviewed construction progress
rubber production in India. It was of IAC that has been built by Cochin
developed by Kerala-based Rubber Shipyard Ltd. The IAC would be
Research Institute of India under commissioned as INS Vikrant in the first
Rubber Board. half of 2022.
Defence 5. Rajnath Singh approves Rs498.8cr
budgetary support for Defence
1. Indian Navy and European Naval innovation through iDEX-DIO
Force hold first joint exercise
The budgetary support of Rs498.8cr to
In a first, the Indian Navy is Innovations for Defence Excellence
participating in a joint exercise with the (iDEX) - Defence Innovation
European Union Naval Force Organisation (DIO) for the next five
(EUNAVFOR). Stealth frigate INS years is aimed at providing financial
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ups/MSMEs/individual innovators and
20 partner incubators under the DIO
framework.
Books & Authors
1. Dr Harsh Vardhan unveils 'My Joys
and Sorrows ' as a Mother of a Special
Child' book written by Krishna
Saksena
Saksena was the first woman to get a
52nd place at a timing of 2:58.92s. He
PhD degree from Lucknow University
was a bronze medalist at first ever
in 1955.
Asian Games in 1951 and a two-time
national champion
2. Dr. Vipin Gupta's New Books on
Consciousness and Para
Consciousness under Project VIPIN Person in news
launched
1. Srabani Nanda, with a personal best
His other books include: 'What is 11.36 s is the fastest Indian woman
Present Reality', 'What is Divine this year
Energy', 'Is Present Reality' and 'Is
Divine Energy'. Srabani Nanda, currently the most
active Indian athlete in the world, has
3. Ruskin Bond's book titled 'It's a emerged as the fastest Indian woman
wonderful Life' launched this year. The 30-year-old from Odisha
clocked a personal best 11.36s at the
Bond's First Novel - 'The Room on the NACAC New Life Invitational Meet in
Roof'. Bond is a recipient of Padma Shri Florida, the US.
and Padma Bhushan.
2. Tillotama Shome lifts Best Actor
trophy at UK Asian Film Festival for
Obituary Raahgir: The Wayfarers
1. John McAfee, founder of the
Raahgir: The Wayfarers was earlier
antivirus software passed away
screened at several film festivals -
including Busan International Film
McAfee Corp. is an American global
Festival, MAMI - Mumbai Film Festival,
computer security software company.
Shanghai International Film Festival
McAfee CEO: Peter A. Leav.
and Cinemasia Film Festival.
2. Indian Olympian Surat Singh Mathur
3. Jasprit Bumrah roped in as brand
passes away
ambassador OnePlus wearables
Running with the legendary Czech long
The OnePlus Wearable category
distance runner Emil Zatopek at the
includes the OnePlus Watch, the first
1952 Helsinki Olympics, Mathur
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4. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata ranked Environment
the world's top philanthropist in past
100 years, Azim Premji ranked 12 1. India set to organise two day summit
on Green Hydrogen Initiatives
involving BRICS nations
Hydrogen, when produced by
electrolysis using renewable energy is
known as Green Hydrogen which has
no carbon footprint. The event will be
anchored by India's state-run power
major NTPC.
Indian industry's doyen Jamsetji Tata 2. In 46 years, Odisha emerges as only
has emerged as the biggest state as home to all three species of
philanthropist globally in the last 100 crocodiles
years by donating $102 billion, as per a
list of top-50 givers prepared by Hurun For the first time,since the Gharials
Report and EdelGive Foundation. were introduced in the rivers of Odisha,
back in 1975, the state has seen their
The other Indian on the list is Azim natural nesting. As many as 28
Premji of Wipro, who has virtually given hatchlings were spotted recently.
his entire fortune of $22 billion.
Acquisitions & Mergers
India & World
1. Muthoot Fincorp acquires 54%
1. India joins UN Economic and Social stake in Paymatrix
Council for 2022-24 term
Paymatrix was set up in 2016 with a
In the Economic and Social Council by- vision to streamline property rent
election, Greece, New Zealand and payments and rent collections for
Denmark were elected for a term of tenants and landlords.
office from January to December 2022
and Israel was elected for a term of 2. Cabinet approves merger of CRWC
office beginning January 1, 2022 and with holding company Central
until December 31, 2023. Warehousing Corporation
2. India and Fiji sign MoU for The merger will facilitate the setting up
cooperation in agriculture and allied of at least 50 more railside warehouses
sectors field near goods-shed locations, which is
likely to generate employment
A Joint Working Group to be opportunities.
established to set down procedures and
plan and recommend programs of The merger is expected to be
cooperation. The MoU will remain valid completed within 8 months.
for a period of five years from the date
of its signing. 3. HDFC Bank to buy 4.99% stake in
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HDFC is the promoter and related
party of the bank. HDFC ERGO General
Insurance Company CEO: Ritesh
Kumar HQ: Mumbai
Agri-Business
1. India starts exporting GI-certified
Jalgaon banana to Dubai
years, pension amount of '2500/year to
The twenty-two metric tonnes of GI- be provided
certified Jalgaon banana were sourced
from progressive farmers of Karnataka
Tandalwadi village(Jalgaon district).
Jalgaon district, Maharashtra, which is 1. Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa
known as ''Banana City of India' launches one-of-a-kind war room for
animal welfare to help cattle breeders,
dairy farmers
FinTech
This animal welfare war room has been
1. ICICI Bank extends instant 'Cardless
set up at the Commissionerate of
EMI' for online shopping
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
Services (CAHVS). The authorities have
Customers can convert the
also set up an animal welfare helpline
transactions up to Rs. 5 lakh. ICICI Bank
number at the CAHVS.
is the first one to introduce a cardless
EMI facility for online shopping.
Kerala
2. PhonePe launches India's first wallet
1. Kerala Government launches
with Auto Top - Up
Knowledge Economy Mission to boost
job prospects
This means customers can make
multiple payments using their Wallet,
A plan would be drawn up to provide
without having to top up their wallet
basic facilities and a social security
balance. PhonePe CEO: Sameer Nigam
system for knowledge workers,
HQ: Bengaluru
working close to their homes and
interacting with employers. The project
Haryana
is being spearheaded by Kerala
Development and Innovation Strategic
1. Haryana Pran Vayu Devta Pension
Council.
Scheme for Maintenance of Older
Trees
2. World Bank sanctions Rs 925 crore
mortgage for second part of Rebuild
Trees which are of the age of 75 years
Kerala Initiative
and above will be identified throughout
the state and these will be looked after
The mortgage shall be beneath the
by involving local people in this scheme.
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announced that Rs 2500 per month will
be deposited in the bank accounts of
family members who have taken
responsibility of the children after
death of their parents.
2. Odisha govt joins hands with UN
World Food Programme (WFP) to
empower, support women through
shall be sanctioned for particular SHGs
growth initiatives permitted by
unbiased evaluators. 1st part of the RKI The partnership effective till December
helped the state draft a River Basin 2023 is for achieving nutritional
Conservation and Management act. security in Odisha focused on
empowerment, livelihood, incomes of
Maharashtra women and increasing women's
participation in decision-making are
1. Maharashtra Govt aims to train 5 some of the core objectives for the
lakh educated youths under the Department of Mission Shakti of the
ambitious apprenticeship scheme in state as well.
next five years
Tamil Nadu
During the current year, one lakh
youths will get apprenticeship 1. Tamil Nadu CM opens 'Minnagam'
opportunities. Under this scheme,the to redress electricity issues 24x7
trainees will be entitled to get 75% of
the scholarship payable to them or a The new electricity consumer care
maximum of Rs 5,000 whichever is less. centre called Minnagam will function
24x7 with a total of 195 staff. Tamil
Mizoram Nadu Governor:- Banwarilal Purohit
1. Centre, state govt and World Bank 2. Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, ex-RBI
sign $32 million Mizoram Health chief Raghuram Rajan named in Tamil
Systems Strengthening Project Nadu economic advisory panel
A key focus will be to strengthen the The other members in the council are
effectiveness of the state health former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind
insurance programme. Subramanian, development economist
Jean Drze and former Union Finance
Odisha Secretary S Narayan. Rajan headed the
Reserve Bank of Indian from 2013 to
1. Odisha CM launches 'Ashirbad' for 2016.
education and health of Covid orphans
Telangana
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
announced a new scheme 'Ashirbad' for 1. Telangana government launches
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Uttar Pradesh
1. Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari to
take over as acting Chief Justice of
Allahabad High Court scheme aims to benefit over 60 lakh
farmers.
Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari,
senior most judge of the Allahabad High Delhi
Court will take over as acting Chief
Justice of Allahabad High Court after 1. Delhi govt creates portal for
retirement of current Chief Justice, 'Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar
Sanjay Yadav. Justice Yadav will retire Aarthik Sahayata Yojana'
on June 25 after a very short tenure as
Chief Justice lasting a little over two Children who lost their both parents or
weeks. single parent to COVID-19 will also be
provided Rs 2,500 per month till they
2. UP Govt Appoints Deepak Agarwal achieve 25 years of age and free
As First Head Of Religious Affairs education as well.
Directorate
Jammu and Kashmir
Varanasi Divisional Commissioner
Deepak Agarwal has been appointed 1. Theatre personality Arvind Gaur
the first director of the directorate of releases book 'Habba Khatoon'
religious affairs, headquartered in written by Kajal Suri
Varanasi. The state cabinet in
December 2020 approved the proposal Book 'Habba Khatoon' was released by
to set up the Directorate of Religious Sanjana Prakashan. The book has been
Affairs (DRA) [Dharmarth Karya penned down by Kajal Suri. Habba
Vibhag] to ease administrative Khatoon, also known by the honorary
functioning in promoting religious sites title 'The Nightingale of Kashmir', was a
as tourism hubs. Kashmiri poet and ascetic. She was the
wife of Yousuf Shah Chak, the last
West Bengal Emperor of Kashmir.
1. Mamata Banerjee launches Krishak 2. Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Bandhu 2.0, doubles assistance for all inaugurates mega quintal capacity
farmers Seed Processing plant at Kathua
District of Jammu and Kashmir.
Those having less than one acre of
cultivable land will now receive a The move will help in doubling farmers'
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to entire Union Territory and also to period of three months. IFSCA is the
Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. unified regulator at GIFT City in
Gandhinagar.
Ladakh
1. Two-day Hemis Festival to
commemorate the birth anniversary of
Guru Padmasambhava held in Leh
The annual festival which is also known
as Hemis Tses-Chu is celebrated on the
10th day of the fifth month of Tibetan
lunar calendar which is believed to be
the birth anniversary of Guru
Padmasambhava.
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